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Gas Processing/LNG

Europe: Germany

Association of the German Chemical Industry: Meincke, H.

The German chemical industry has an outstanding position inside Europe. Nearly 25% of chemical product sales in the European Union (EU) are by German chemical companies. Ranking behind China, the US a..

Asia: China

Petrochemical Research Institute, PetroChina: Fu, X.  |  Li, X.  |  Zhang, L.
PetroChina Ltd., Co: Lin, A.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced in its January 2012 “World Economic Outlook” that the global GDP growth rate was 3.8% in 2011. However, Asian-Pacific nations bucked this tren..

South America: Venezuela

IntelliChem, Inc.: Quijada, R.

Fig. 1 illustrates the annual gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation from 2006 to 2011 for Venezuela. High crude oil prices have helped domestic GDP growth, suggesting a healthy economy. &#16..

South America: Brazil

MaxiQuim Assessoria De Mercado: Carvalho, O.

Brazil’s economic improvement was remarkable over the past decade, following many years of slow growth. On average, the Brazilian gross output of goods and services increased at an annual average..

Asia: India

IOCL: George, M.  |  Mitra, S.

The Indian economy has come a long way since the 1991 economic reforms. A decade and a half of economic reform and globalization is yielding returns that cut across all income groups. The domestic eco..

Asia: Japan

IHS Markit: Yoneyama, M.

The Japanese economy showed steady recovery for 2003–2007. However, due to the global recession in late 2008, Japan’s GDP growth decreased to –1% in 2008 and to –5.5% in 2009. Due ..

Europe: United Kingdom

Economic Advisor, Chemical Industries Association (CIA): Eastwood, A.

The United Kingdom (UK) is Europe’s fourth largest chemical economy, after Germany, France and Italy. It accounts for 8% of the European Union’s (EU’s) $900 billion overall chemical pro..

France's GDF Suez close to buying Repsol LNG unit

GDF Suez is interested in the unit as it is already big on liquefied natural gas production, export and supply shipment, according to company officials. A report says GDF chief executive Gerard Mestrallet may announce a deal during an investors day scheduled next Thursday.

Petrobras selects UOP technology for offshore gas processing in Brazil

UOP, which opened a sales office in Rio de Janeiro in 2011 to better serve the oil and natural gas sectors in Latin America, will fabricate a significant portion of the membrane system locally in Brazil. The technology upgrades natural gas streams by removing carbon dioxide and water vapor.

Air Products to raise Taiwan nitrogen production, expand regional pipeline

The company will build an additional two air separation units and expand its existing nitrogen pipeline to serve the region, which includes Tainan Science-Based Industrial Park (TSIP) and Tree Valley Science and Industry Park (TVSIP). The amount of expanded output was not disclosed.